(~mer, ~mest, ~s, ~ming, ~med)
1.
Something that is ~ is neat, tidy, and attractive.
The neighbours’ gardens were ~ and neat.
ADJ
2.
If you describe someone’s figure as ~, you mean that it is attractive because there is no extra fat on their body.
The driver was a ~ young woman of perhaps thirty.
ADJ approval
3.
If you ~ something, for example someone’s hair, you cut off small amounts of it in order to make it look neater and tidier.
My friend ~s my hair every eight weeks...
VERB: V n
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Trim is also a noun.
His hair needed a ~.
N-SING
4.
If a government or other organization ~s something such as a plan, policy, or amount, they reduce it slightly in extent or size.
American companies looked at ways they could ~ these costs...
VERB: V n
5.
If something such as a piece of clothing is ~med with a type of material or design, it is decorated with it, usually along its edges.
...jackets, which are then ~med with crocheted flowers...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n
-~med
He wears a fur-~med coat.
COMB in ADJ
6.
The ~ on something such as a piece of clothing is a decoration, for example along its edges, that is in a different colour or material.
...a white satin scarf with black ~...
= ~ming
N-VAR
7.
When people are in ~ or in good ~, they are in good physical condition.
He is already getting in ~ for the big day...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v